Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love by Heather Demetrios Synopsis: In this powerful collection, well-known YA authors answer real letters from teens all over the world. In this powerful collection, well-known YA authors answer real letters from teens all over the world about the dark side of love: dating violence, break-ups, cheating, betrayals, and loneliness. This book contains a no-holds-barred, raw outpouring of the wisdom these authors have culled from mining their own hearts for the fiction they write/5(9). The conceit of this thing is that Heather Demetrios had a bunch of teens write a letter to “heartbreak” - like, as a concept - and then famous YA authors wrote them letters back. Except not really letters back/5.
Find out with spy expert and all-around badass author Heather Demetrios, Something Real, and is the editor of Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love. Find out more about Heather and her work at bltadwin.ru Hours Location. Saturday, Octo. Dear Heartbreak edited by Heather Demetrios is compilation of real letters written by teens. Young adult authors respond to these deeply personal teen self-portrayals. The original letters and the author's replies acknowledge the reality of heartbreak. Each author relates personally to the down side of daring to trust, of wishing for more, of. Heather Demetrios is a critically acclaimed author, writing coach, and certified meditation teacher. Her non-fiction includes the Virginia Hall biography Code Name Badass and she is the editor of Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love. Her honors include books that have been named Bank Street Best Children's Books.
In , author Demetrios invited teens to send her "Dear Heartbreak" letters. This volume, with letters selected and answered by other YA authors (including Becky Albertalli, Libba Bray, and A.S. King), is the result. Whether the teen writers are troubled by bad love, no love, or love betrayed, the authors' empathic answers detail their experiences. This is a book about the dark side of love: the way it kicks your ass, tears out your heart, and then forces you to eat it, bite by bloody bite. If you’ve felt this way, you’re not alone. In this powerful collection, YA authors answer real letters from teens all over the world about the dark side of love: dating violence, break-ups, cheating, betrayals, and loneliness. Demetrios, Heather, ed. Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love. Henry Holt, December p. $ 4Q * 4P * M * J * S. In the style of the Dear Abby column, eighteen young adult writers answer letters written and submitted by teens.
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